Fenty Rides SmartBike, Doesn’t Crash
About a half-hour ago, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty rode one of the District’s new SmartBikes without incident.
Fenty, some two weeks after a crash on his racing bicycle aggravated a prior foot injury and left him houseridden for days, checked out Bike No. 9 at the newly operational Frank D. Reeves Center rack and rode it along the U Street NW sidewalk for a good 90 seconds, maintaining perfect balance and impeccable pedaling technique.
After the ride, Fenty told reporters he’s back on the “CompuTrainer,” a sort of dyno for bikes, and that he’s been cleared to run next week. Fenty was no longer sporting the walking boot he’d been wearing before his trip to China.
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8:51 am
Wait, he’s riding on the sidewalk! Isn’t that illegal??
8:58 am
No, riding on the sidewalk IS legal outside of downtown [north of Massachusetts Ave. in this case].
9:45 am
Looks like he needs to raise the seat.
And even though it is legal to ride on sidewalk in that neighborhood, I have, as someone who commutes by bike to work in Old Town from that neighborhood, one request for my fellow cyclists: stay off the sidewalk!